Improved shot and bullet-machine



".FETFJIS, PHOTO-LITNDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C,

' of a rotating wheel or arm. I thus secure the desired `heater, of cast-iron or l)ther metal, A, having an oh,-

radiating vancs 01 arms b b l1.

EDWARD HYDE, 0F ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. .97,512, dated 4December 7, 1869.

IMPRQVED SHOT AND BULLE:'r-Ivu-icnr1vn The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the saune.

To all whom it may concern Be. it known that I, EDWARD A. HYDE, of Ann Arbor, in the ,county of Tashtenaug and State of' Michigan, have invented' a new and improved Mode of Making VShot and Bullets; and 'Ido hereby de-` clare that the followingis'a full and exact description thereof, referencebeingl had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference `marked thereon, making a part of' this specification.

The old method of making shot is by letting melted lead, in a divided state, fall from high towers. n

The nature of my invention consists in throwing melted lead into the air, 'in` a divided state, 'by means time for cooling or hardening in a glolnilanibrm without the use of towers.'

lo enable others skilled in the art to make and usel my invention, I will proceed to describe its construc-A tion and operation.

Over any arch or furnace, I place a cylindrical long head, B B, from whiclrrses the rim CI), and in which :rotates the wheel D, driven by the shaft E.

The rim C has an opening F, provided with the sharp lip G.

The rim of .the wheelD is provided with the notches or holes a a., and the inner face ot' the wheel has the Figure.l 1 is a perspective View of the end ofthe heating-cylinder, showing the manner ot' attaching the wheel. y

Figure 2 is a sectional side view of the same, showing how the melted lead enters the wheel D.

Figure 3 shows the back side of' the wheel I), and tlremanner in which it sets in the rim C O.

Figure 4- is a perspectivcview ot the wheel D, show ing the varies or arms l) l) b en the back side, and alsol the notched rim, with notches a a a. c.

Figure' shows the mannerin which the melted lead, in a divided state, is thrown into the air, and de.- scends into the tub of' oilM.

A is the melting-,cylilnl/er.-

B B, one of its heads.'

, C (l, the rim vin which sets the wheel D.

E is the shaft by which the wheel is rotated.

Fis an opening in the rim C C, from which the. lead escapes through a a by centrifugal force.

G is the lip which 4cuts ott' the jets of lead as they come from c. a, dividing them, so asto form globules.

H is an opening through the head B B, allowing the lead to enter the wheel.

J isv -an enlargement 0f the cylinder A, allowing the hot lead to come opposite the entire face oi the wheel, toI keep ithot. K Kwis the lead.

L L L show the flight of the globules from the wheel to the tub of oil M.

ar a an. are notches or holes through the rim of the wheel.

l1 b b b are vanes or arms, which cause the lead in the wheel to revolverwith it, thus acquiring the necessal-v centrifugal force to cause the lead to press out at the holes c a a aI when they come opposite F.

lhe operation of' Imy invention is as follows The heater being filled with lead, and lire applied sufiicient to melt and keep the lead in a'rsulicientlyduid state, I cause the `wheel Dto revolve rapidly.

Then I remove the cap from the opening F in the rim C C, and the lead, in jets, is forced out at the openings (t a. a a by centrifugal torce, the lip G cutting' cti these jets into exact atoms, which tly into the air on a tangent to that part of the circumference p where/the opening ih the rim C (ibegins. p

If the velocity of my wheel is sutl'icient to throw the globules twentydve feet into the air, it is evident that I thus secure as long a time for each globule to cool as I-would from a tower of about one hundred and twenty-ive feet in height.

The wheel D ma be made dee )er so as toaccommodate several rows of the holes a n a.

Another method of constructing the wheel D is to make it similar' to a wagon-wheel when `the felloes are removed-that is, having simply the hub'a'nd spokes.

In this case, both spokes and hub are hollow, the lat ter setting over the opening H. This form of- Wheel may be used in combination with the rim C, or with out the rim, by having the outer end of each arm or spoke opened at a given point in the circle by an eccentric, cam, or other device, so as to allow a given quantity of lead to fly out, and the-n closed again, until the same point is reached inthe next revolution.

lhe actual contact of the wheel D with the cylinder-head B is not' necessary. It may be separated any required distance from the cylinder A by a pipe connectingthe opening H with a similar opening in a secondary head, having the rim (l, and setting' over the back of the wheel D. So also the wheel, when from the. cylinder by a pipe.

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- .made with hollow hub and spokes, may be separated.

1. The rotating wheel D, constructed as described, in combination with the cylinder` A, as set forth.

2. In combination with the rotating wheel D, thc rim C C, provided with the opening F and the cuttinglip G, substantially as set forth.

l EDWARD A. HYDE.

Witnesses:

ZINA P. Kino, W. D. HAINMAN. 

